This last week my brothers and I went on a little field trip to check out one of our Boulder Creek neighborhoods that had been devastated by the CZU lightning complex wildfire this last August and September in the Santa Cruz Mountains, very close to our home. We visited Pinecrest Drive an area not far from Big Basin Vineyards, where my friend Bradley Brown lost his beautiful home to the wild fire.
We were stunned at what we found. It looked like what I imagined a nuclear blast could do. Buildings completely leveled, leaving nothing but ash and debris, molecules that was once someone’s precious belongings. While exploring the area we were intercepted by a guy in a big truck asking what we were doing here, assuming that we were ‘looky loos’, here to check out the sights, or in this case, loss of sites, just rubble where once stood rustic mountain homes.
After assuring the driver that we were not the droids he thought we were, we found out that he was a local who had lost his beautiful home and belongings. Before long a couple of other locals arrived and My brothers and I had an opportunity to find out more exactly how it all came down in the Pinecrest neighborhood, and how the residents and the authorities have been dealing with this profound local disaster. It’s quite a story with many implications, especially for of us living in wild fire threatened mountain neighborhoods.
So I thought we’d share it with you. Our guest today is Jeff Peters, a software engineer who had lived in his dream home with his family for 21 years. Jeff shares the heartbreaking yet hopeful fire story of his family and neighbors, as they grappled with a massive wild fire bearing down on their homes and lives.
We were stunned at what we found. It looked like what I imagined a nuclear blast could do. Buildings completely leveled, leaving nothing but ash and debris, molecules that was once someone’s precious belongings. While exploring the area we were intercepted by a guy in a big truck asking what we were doing here, assuming that we were ‘looky loos’, here to check out the sights, or in this case, loss of sites, just rubble where once stood rustic mountain homes.
After assuring the driver that we were not the droids he thought we were, we found out that he was a local who had lost his beautiful home and belongings. Before long a couple of other locals arrived and My brothers and I had an opportunity to find out more exactly how it all came down in the Pinecrest neighborhood, and how the residents and the authorities have been dealing with this profound local disaster. It’s quite a story with many implications, especially for of us living in wild fire threatened mountain neighborhoods.
So I thought we’d share it with you. Our guest today is Jeff Peters, a software engineer who had lived in his dream home with his family for 21 years. Jeff shares the heartbreaking yet hopeful fire story of his family and neighbors, as they grappled with a massive wild fire bearing down on their homes and lives.
Jeff Peters and what is left of his dream home